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nvader ◴[] No.43550901[source]
I didn't find this in the article, so:

You can "recharge" silical gel by baking in the oven at 120 C for a couple of hours. If you do, be careful to remove the casing before you do, unless it is heat safe.

I have a small collection of oven safe dessicant packs that I keep on hand for emergency drying electronics.

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Graziano_M ◴[] No.43551082[source]
You can just microwave them too, on low power. It's much, much faster and power efficient.
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mrob ◴[] No.43551140[source]
Also much harder to control. Oven drying has the advantage that you can set the temperature so there's no risk of overheating anything.
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lugvruzzle ◴[] No.43553678[source]
is there any harm in overheating silica when drying it out?
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